Discharge conveyer for excavating machines



May 27, 1952 A. R. AsKuE.

DISCHARGE CONVEYER FOR EXCAVATING MACHINES 5 Sheets-Sheet l Filed July 22, 1949 May 27, 1952 A. R. AsKUE 2,598,339

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May 27, l952 A. R. AsKUE 598,339

DISCHARGE coNvEYER FOR EXCAVATING MACHINES Filed July 22, 1949 5 sheets-sheet 4 May 27, 1952 A. R. AsKUE DISCHARGE CONVEYER FOR EXCAVATING MACHINES 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed July 22, 1949 IN VEN TOR.

ma M/EYJ Patented May 27, 1952 UNITED STA'EES h'iEN'i FFICE Albert R.Askue, Euclid, Ohio, assigner to The Cleveland Trencher Company, Cleveland, Ohio, a corporationiof Ohio Application .lnly,22, 1949, Serial No. 106,216

4 Claims. p 1 nThis invention relates to an excavating machine and particularly to a method and apparatus for .moving the discharge conveyor thereof transversely of the machine to enable excavated materialstobe selectively discharged to either side of the machine as desired. These, therefore, are the general objects of the present invention.

Formany years it has been customary to provide .a Ytrenchexcavating machine with -a clischarge conveyor, such as, for instance, an endless'belt extending across the machine in position to'receive and discharge excavated materials. Suchconveyors have been mounted for transverse movement on a suitable support carriedfby the machine so that they might be extended outward from the-machine toward either `side thereof as .desired and so control the position of discharged materials. These conveyors havebeen provided at their opposite ends with drive shafts carrying rollers Vor drums to drivingly support the endless belt. The belt has been driven byan endless drive -chain which has been interconnected between sprocket wheels mounted on respective shafts. A power driven sprocket wheel has been mounted-on thesupport in position to engage one stretch of the chain intermediate the sprockets and so drive the chain. The drive-sprocket wheel has been drivingly connected'with the power unit of the .excavator by a v'reverse gearmechanism which 'enabled vthe driving -of the endless belt in either direction.

For-many years-it-has been the general practice to-move such conveyors on their supports by either e a power or a manually operable drive Y`met:i'lanisin. Generally the conveyor frame @has been provided with a rack coacting with a pinion carried by a gear-housingmounted on the conveyor support and containing a wormgear reduction unit. VIn manually operable mechanisms the gear reduction unit was provided with an operating crank while in-power operated mechanisms it lwas driven through a suitable reverse gear-and terferred with, and-damaged, the Yshifting mech-1',- anism. -T-his is-especially true at the present-time because-of the demand for a power operated conveyor shifting mechanism. Further, in wheel type excavators, the custom isto pass the conveyor through the excavating wheel. `Accordingly,

Lle() (ci. ics- 110) space lis ata premium vand creates limitations as to the-size and position of v the conveyor shifting mechanism. While many improvements have been made in such shifting mechanisms theyremain a source ofA trouble in an otherwise rugged and substantially trouble-free excavating machine. Such mechanisms are costly and attempts to improve the same have'resulted primarily in increasing the cost without commensurate benefits.

The present invention eliminates `the `difculties encountered in the past in connection with'such shifting mechanisms by omitting such mechanism in its entirety while retaining its function. I have found that the entire shifting mechanism may be omitted and the 'conveyor shifted to 'either side or the `other by power as desired by .the `,operator without the addition of .substitute mechanism.

I have found that generally when the conveyor shifting mechanism is omitted, the 'reaction of the forces of the mechanism 'used to drive the belt conveyor will shift '.the .conveyor. Such forces may be readily Acontrolled and `operable at the will ofthe operator. Such shifting is insured by controlling .the forces of friction acting against the driving of the conveyor and theshifftingof the conveyor .respective-l ly. Thus by constructing the 'conveyor mechanism so that the frictionalrresistance which must be overcome by its driving,nciechansm is 'greater than the frictional resistance which must be overcome to shift the conveyor bodily on `its support, the operation .0i the conveyor drive mech- Vanism will first operate .to shift the conveyor in vadvantages will become more apparent'from' the following detailed description, reference being made to the `accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a sideelevation .of a trench excavating machine .embodying `the present invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the machine; Figs. 3 and Llare seotionalviewsof the .conveyor mechanism, the planes of vthe sections being i-ndicated by the correspondingly numbered lines on Fig.2; Fig. 5 is a'transverse section illustrating the driving -mechanism for the conveyor, theplane of the section being-generally indicated 'by .the lines 55 Fig.A 1; lFig. 6 is a diagram illustrating-a reversegear mechanism for use in the conveyor driving system; Fig. 7 is a diagram, similar .to Fig. 5, but illustrating amore Vprefer-red'arrangement of the conveyor drive and shifting mechanism; Fig. 8 is a detail, partially in section, of a stop to limit the shifting movement of the conveyor; Fig. 9 is a sectional detail of a self-engaging latch mechanism for interlocking the conveyor to the support, the plane of the section being generally indicated by the lines 9--9 on Fig. 1; Fig. l0 is a view similar to Fig. 9 but illustrating the parts in a different position; and Fig. l1 is a sectional detail as indicated by the lines I I--I I on Fig. 9.

In the drawings there is illustrated a wheel type excavating or ditching machine. As shown in Fig. l the machine comprises a frame I9 supported by tractor belts I I. A motor I2 is mounted at one end of the frame, and is connected with the tractor belts by a drive chain I3 and a suitable speed reduction gear mechanism (not shown) but arranged to be controlled manually, as for instance, by an operating lever I4.

The excavator wheel is shown at I5 as comprising a pair of rings I5 joined together at their periphery by U shaped excavating buckets I1. The excavating wheel is supported by a plurality of rollers I8, one pair of which is shown in Fig. 5 as supported by a shaft 31 and others of which are shown in Fig. 1 as supported by a frame structure I9. The shaft 31 and frame structure I9 are both supported by a horizontally extending boom 28. The inner end of the boom is pivotally connected as at 2| to a carriage 22 which is mounted for vertical movement on a mast 24 carried by the forward end of the frame I0.

Cables 26 and 21, secured at one end to winding drums 28 and 29 mounted on the machine frame and at their other ends to the outer and inner ends respectively of the boom 2G, as at 30 and 3|, serve to control the raising and lcv/- ering movement of the excavating wheel I5. The drums 28 and 29 are driven by the motor I2 inv any suitable manner, and are selectively controlled, as for instance, by operating levers 32 and 33.

The excavating wheel I5 is driven by the motor I2. which coact with sprocket wheels 36 (Figs. l and 5) carried by the shaft 31. Also mounted on the shaft 31 and drivingly connected with the sprocket wheels is a sprocket wheel 38.

The latter is drivingly connected as by a drive I chain 39 with a drive sprocket wheel im mounted on a drive shaft 4I carried by the frame and drivingly connected with the motor I2 in any suitable manner. The application of power to the shaft III is controlled by a manually operable lever 45.

The drive chain 39 is tensioned by a pair of sprocket wheels 44 carried by a pivoted lever i3 and around which the drive chain 3S is looped. A spring 41 interconnected between the lever 43 and machine frame tensions the driving chain through the medium of the sprockets 6.4.

This discharge conveyor is generally indicated at 50. This conveyor comprises a pair of spaced elongated arcuate T-rails connected by cross bars, one of which is indicated in Fig. 3 at 52. A transverse shaft is mounted on one end of the conveyor while a. similar transverse shaft is mounted at the other end. These shafts are rotatably supported by bearings 58 carried by l the rails 5I. The shafts 55 and 56 each drivingly carry a pair of belt supporting drums 59. A guide drum 60 is rotatably mounted on each shaft 55 and 56 intermediate its respective drums 59. The guide drums 6I) are each pro- This wheel carries a series of pins 35 f vided with an annular groove 5I to engage depending lugs or ribs 62 formed on the under side of an elongated endless conveyor belt 63 which is looper about the drums of the respective shafts. Auxiliary belt supporting rollers 64 are positioned intermediate the ends of the belt as indicated in Fig. 2. The rollers B4 are rotatably mounted on shafts 55 carried by bearings 66 secured to the rails 5|. Material is retained on the conveyor by angularly positioned elongated side plates |31 which extend over the` top reach of the conveyor belt and are supported from the rails 5| by brackets 63.

As heretofore mentioned, the conveyor 5B is mounted for movement transversely of the frame I of the machine. As indicated in Fig. 5, the boom 2G comprises a pair of spaced IIC-beams 1I and 12, connected by cross frame members 13. Each of the beams 1| and 12 carries a pair of spaced brackets 15. A conveyor supporting roller 16 is journalled on each of these brackets and engages the under side of the rails 5I to support and guide the conveyor frame. Suitable lugs 11, secured to the upper ends of the brackets 15, overlie one of the fianges of the conveyor rail 5I and serve to retain the conveyor seated on the rollers 16.

The conveyor 5B is driven from the shaft 31 which, as heretofore described, is driven by the motor I2. As illustrated in Fig. 5, the shaft 31 is provided with a sprocket wheel |05 which is drivingly connected, as by a drive chain IBS, with a sprocket wheel |01 carried by a shaft IBS journalled in a housing |09 secured to the boom 20. The housing |89 is provided with a power transmission unit, including a reverse gear mechanism. As indicated in Fig. 6, such mechanism may comprise a pair of beveled pinions ||I| and rotatably mounted on the shaft |08 and selectively coupled therewith by an axially movable clutch I I2 which is splined to the shaft |98 between the two pinions. A beveled gear II3, in constant meshing engagement with both pinions IIB and III, transmits power from the shaft |08 to a drive shaft H5. The drive shaft I|5 extends to the exterior of the housing |89 and is provided with a drive sprocket wheel IIS which is connected with the conveyor shafts 55 and 56 heretofore mentioned by an endless drive chain II8. The drive chain IIB is looped about the drive sprocket wheel I I6 and a pair of sprocket wheels I 20 and |21 which are secured to the conveyor shafts 55 and 56 respectively. A pair of idler sprocket wheels |22 and |23, carried by a cross member 13 of the boom 2B, serve to guide the lower reach of the drive chain H8 above the beams 1| and 12 of the boom.

The drive chain IIB is tensioned by a pair of idler sprocket wheels |25 and |25. These sprocket wheels engage opposite faces of the upper reach of the chain IIS and are journalled on pins |21 and |28 carried by an arm |29 which is pivoted as at |36 to the boom 2|). A spring I3I interposed between the arm I 29 and the housing |99 serves to apply a chain tensioning movement to the sprocket wheels |25 and |25.

A more preferred driving mechanism for the conveyor is illustrated in Fig. '1. For convenience the elements shown in Fig. '1 which correspond substantially to elements shown in Fig. 5 have been designated by identical reference characters, even though they may be located in different positions. In the form of drive shown in Fig. '1, the drive sprocket wheel IIG engages the uppersstretch?.orhetzzdriveichainf H8 rather :.thanzthe. 'lowes` stretchasfinfFigrS' .andlthertenffsifoningf:'sprocket'wheels' engage-the rlovver stretch ofvthechain rather .than .thenpperl stretch. f' In- "chines, zanother.- mechanism, "ntl'shownr in' ythe :drawings herein;V has-',beeniprovide'd to" shiftIl the nconveyor. Both :'r'nanual and Tpo-wer operative vmechanisms h'ave been provided. fori lthis purpose.

"-One type of'conveyor shifting mechanism' new in vuse is manually operated and includes Va rack "mounted on 'one lor .both` of thel conveyor iframe rails 5|. lSuchTacks extend .the full length Iof the' rails-.and .are engaged byfpinionslsecured -tocross-'shafts which are .jour-nailed inbearings '.c'arried by the sidemembers 'l2 of the-'digging` unit supportingfboom 2U. VSuch shafts extend longitudinally of the 'boom --members and are driven by a1 worm gear driving mechanism which ism'ounted in a casecarried by the boom members 'II and 12.

In the manually shiftable conveyors, ytheV wor-m .f'gear `unit is provided with l' a hand crank for actuation by .the 'machine' operator. In later years, urnplyinlg'ff tothe demand by -the trade, theconveyors''have `been vshifted 'by power. "stances thefworm "gear'rduction unit is "diivinglv -clmpledto `the power driven shaft 3'1 (Fgsfl, .5 z"and" 7) ,"byD suitable gearing, sprocket wheels and :sprocket chains. 'The 'Worm gear vreduction unit includes 'arslectable V'reverse' gear-unit, a clutch 'unit,-1and manually Yoperable controls for "both fof 1 these units. r'In'some instances Ithereversse -'g'ear and cltch A`unitsare mounted in va separate housing' van'i'dflare incorporated in "the driving connection 'between `the worm-gear vunitfand-the ff'power shaft-31.

`V-Ifhave found"thatuall of the driving Vmecha- -nismformerly fused solely`for shifting the'con- 'veyorsvwhether'manual or power operated'may be omitted, their' functiens'retained,' and the'coniveyors shifted by 'power at the will of the operator. This may be'accomplished without'the use of substitute mechanisms and entirely'by utilizing 'mechanisms now `used for vother purposes, and

vwithout alteration 'or interference 'with ktheir present functions.

According to `'the present invention the "conveyoris so`con'stru'cted that `itreqnires less power toovercomethe friction and shift the conveyor than' it rrequires to'overcome friction todrive the -conveyorbelt Under'such conditions, when'the conveyor'shifting' mechanism,v the rack, pimms, worm gear AYdrive -unit, etc.,"areomitted -and. power 'is'applied -tothemechanism fused vto 'drive the v"conveyor be1t,this mechanism will'rst shift the 'conveyor and then drivetheconveyorbelt This 'is' accomplished without'alteration of or addition tothe conveyor belt drive mechanism. Thus the conveyor belt drive mechanism, without change, `assumes thefunction of lthe rdiscarded shifting "mechanism, .eliminating the'troubles and disadvantages of the shifting mechanisms, .reducing ithe. number .of parts required, andA reducing. the Jcostof vthe .excavating machine.

From inspection orFigs. 5 and `7 it willbefseen In such" inlanormal load `oli-excavated material.

form of conveyor stop.

vthat when"the '.'drive sprocket -f'wheel f I `I Gf-fis Frotated inf-theldirection' offthefarrows indicated-lin such `figures, v the stretch of ythe-drive.chain I l 8 '1 which'extendsy between thee-sprocket"l wheels I2 I, I'I S-fwillltemi' to fbei shortened. "This resultsina tendency to move the entire-'conveyor-towardthe right. i The rotation-"foi Vthe"sprocket wheel I |6 Ein the reverse direction results infa-tendency-Eto i 'shorten-thefstretch ofthe` conveyor chainwhich f extends f between "'-the drive'sprocket "wheel i I I6 fand the sprocketfvvheell I2!)` carried byl the-.con-

veyor beltsupportir'igf` shaft 55 at the opposite endof .the conveyor,4 thus 'reversing the direction` inlwhich the 'conveyor'tends tormove. y When,` in-v acoordwith this invention, f thelfric- `Vtionallf'orces whichl'must be-ove'rcome to drive f the conveyor belt'and toshiit the conveyorgrespectively, are so controlled that it requires less '.power tol'shift the conveyorthan it requires to drive the conveyorbelt, then the application-of .power tothe -drive sprocket I I6 will first shift the conveyor, :and whenfthe conveyor is shifted the maximum vdistance possible, -`the 'conveyor -belt Willrbe drivenY in the .usual manner. Thus the reaction ofthe forces used to drive-the conveyor 'belt shifts the .conveyor and when-the conveyor is .shifted as `far as possible these reactionary `forces areftaken carevof inthe usual manner.

The advantages -of the conveyor beltr driving 'mechanismrof Fig? will now become apparent.

When the-drive sprocket-wheel IIB-coacts'tvith the upper-stretch of the `c'onve'yorvchain II8,-a1'1`d is rotated in-fthe direction of the arrow showni-n Fig. 'lr-ittends to move or'shift'thewconveyor ybodily toward :the right andy also tends :tofrot'ate the sprocket Wheels-55nand. 56 a clockwise-d'- rection. `-"Thus wh-en .the'frictional z'forces are controlled as heretoforeset out, suchv i'otationlwill -iirstfshift the'conveyor to its extreme right-hand .position and then drive the'v endless conveyorbelt with v its upper stretch moving toward :the fright `lto thereby :discharge excavated materialfrom: the

side vof' the machine from which the'l'conveyor has been projected "by the preceding-shifting movement.

I havel described theeconveyorfa's-being rconstructed 'so that it requiresaA greater force gto drive the conveyorrbelt'v-than it requires toshift the conveyor. If desired, this force may @be measured when the conveyor belt is :loaded 'wi-th Thisfifr all practical purposes results in an' ef'cient; operation of. the machine.

Suitable stops aregpijovidedto limit the movementor the conveyor. fThese stops may-takethe `form kof v'lugs |65 (Fig.-2) fand may'befsecuredto the conveyor rail r45| and may be arranged to :en-

gage the boom ZU'whenthe conveyor v--re'aches either vextreme limitof its movement. rThese --stops may, however, fb'e'adjustably mountedon sheWn'inFig. vBas comprising av shoe 11B-slotted -asat 'II tofengage the iiange of the conveyor rail and be adjustably secured thereto by any-suitable means such as clamping bolts |12. This-stop is provided with a downward extend-ingear |13 4fortlfieboom Z'lI-anddsf-provided withafp'ivetspin 82 on which an arm 83 is pivotally mounted. A latch pin 84 is secured to the outer end of the arm S3 and has its upper end tapered, as at 85, to enable it to readily enter one of a series of openings 86 formed in the ange of the associated conveyor rail 5|.

The latch arm 83 is retained in the locking position, shown in Fig. 9, by a spring pressed plunger 9|). This plunger is mounted for vertical movement in the bracket 80 which is secured to the beam 7|. and is pivotally connected with the arm 83 as at 9|. Suicient clearance is provided between the pivot 9| and the arm to permit free movement of the arm about the axis of its pivot 82. A spring 95 encircles the plunger 9D and is disposed between the bracket SS and a suitable collar 96 which is secured to the plunger The latch pin B4 is manually withdrawn from engagement with the conveyor rail 5|. As shown in Figs. 9 and lo an operating lever Si is pivotally connected at 98 with the bracket 8S, and is connected with the plunger 9i! by a link 99. When the lever S7 is moved from the full line position to the dotted line shown in Fig. 9, the pivot IBG between the lever 9'! and the link 99 will have moved from one side of the center of the plunger 9B to the other side thereof, whereupon the spring 95 tends to swing the lever 91 in a 'counter-clockwise direction. This movement of the lever 91 is limited by its engagement with the bracket Sli before the latch moves to reengage the rail 5| and thus retain the latch in an unlatched position. The latch may be manually released from the unlatched position whereupon the parts `will assume the position shown in Fig. l0. When the parts are in this position, the spring 95 serves to maintain the pin Sil in frictional engagement with the rail 5| or the conveyor 5S until such time as an opening 86 in the conveyor rail is aligned with the pin E4, whereupon the spring will force the pin into engagement with such opening, thereby latching the conveyor in position on the boom.

When the latch is released the frictional resistance, inherent in the movement of the belt 63, the belt supporting drums 59, and the associated parts provides s'uicient reactive force to cause the desired lateral movement of the conveyor when power is applied to the sprocket H6.

This reactive force is increased when the conveyor is loaded with excavated material, both from added friction and from the inertia of the mass of the excavated material.

In 'some types of excavating machines, the rel active force due to inherent frictional resistance may be found to be insuiicient to restrain the rotation of the conveyor belt drive shafts 55 and 5S so as to cause the desired movement or the conveyor. In such machines the frictional forces may be controlled by providing a constantly acting brake to one of the conveyor belt shafts 55 or 56. However, under such conditions I prefer to provide a manually operable brake to prevent rotation of the shaft 56.

One form of brake mechanism which may be used to stop the rotation of the conveyor shaft 5S is shown in Figs. l and 4. As there indicated, a brake drum |48 is secured to the outer end of the conveyor shaft 5E as by a pin iM. A brake shoe |43 is pivotally mounted on a pin |45 which is secured, as by welding, to the adjacent conveyor rail 5|. This brake shoe eX- tends upwardly around the drum hill as indicated in Fig. 2 and is pivotally connected by a lever |46 with an internal brake shoe |41. The lever |46 is connected with one link |48 of a toggle mechanism, the other link |49 of which is pivoted as at |50 to a bracket |60 carried by the conveyor frame. A disengageable operating arm |6| may be provided to facilitate manual operation of the toggle. This toggle is of such a type that, when it has been moved past dead center in the direction of the arrow'shown in Fig. 2, the brake is held in a released position. When the toggle is in the position shown in Fig. 2, the weight of the operating arm |6| is suincient to retain the brake active to restrain the shaft 56 from rotation.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided a very simple method and apparatus for shifting the discharge conveyor of an excavating machine, which entirely eliminates the independent shifting mechanisms used in the past, and utilizes instead, without alteration, the mechanism formerly used only to drive the conveyor. Thus while omitting an expensive drive mechanism and the diiculties encountered by its use, I have retained its function by transferring such function to an existing mechanism formerly used solely for another function, and I have accomplished this without changing the latter mechanism or detracting from its operation in connection with its former function.

Iclaim:

l. A discharge mechanism for an excavating machine or the like comprising, a support, a discharge conveyor mounted on said support for movement transversely thereof, said conveyor including spaced belt supporting means, an endless belt looped about said means and having its upper stretch positioned to receive material to be discharged, a sprocket-l wheel drivingly connected to each of said belt supporting means, a drive sprocket wheel mounted on said support, an endless drive chain interconnecting said first named sprocket wheel and having its upper stretch engaged by said drive sprocket wheel, power operated means to drive said drive sprocket wheel, a releasable means to secure said conveyor to said support, and a selectively operable brake mechanism connected with one of said belt supporting means to hold the same against rotation, whereby consequent upon release of said releasable means the rotation of the driving sprocket will move said conveyor transversely of its support.

2. A discharge mechanism for an excavating machine or the like, including a support, a frame mounted on said support for` movement transversely thereof, means on said frame to receive and discharge material, a pair of drive shafts journalled on respective ends of said frame and drivingly connected to actuate said means, a sprocket wheel secured to each of said shafts, a drive sprocket wheel mounted on said support, an endless drive chain interconnecting said sprocket wheels, power means to rotate said third sprocket wheel, manually operable means to determine the direction of such rotation, a manually releasable latch to latch said conveyor to said support, and a brake connected with one one of said shafts to hold the same against rotation, manually operable means to selectively actuate said brake whereby consequent upon release of said latch rotation of the driving sprocket and application of said brake will result in movement of said frame transversely of the support, and means toV limit the movement of said frame.

wheels, power operated means to drive said third sprocket wheel, a manually releasable latch to latch said conveyor to said support, and a selectively operable brake mechanism coacting with one of said first named sprocket Wheels to hold the same against rotation whereby consequent upon release of said latch the rotation of the driving sprocket will move said conveyor transversely of said support, and means to limit the movement of said conveyor in either direction.

10 third wheel in a plane normal to the first named plane and between the axes of the first named wheels, an endless drive chain drivingly interconnecting said sprocket wheels, power operated means to drive said third sprocket wheel including a manually operable reverse gear mechanism, a releasable latch to latch said conveyor to said support, resilient means to move said latch in a latch engaging position, means to lock said latch in a latch disengaging position, and a manually operable brake mechanism coacting with one of said shafts to selectively hold such. shaft against rotation, said latch comprising a pin, and said 4. A discharge mechanism for an excavating machine, including a support, a discharge conveyor mounted on said support for movement transversely thereof, means on said conveyor to receive material to be discharged and discharge it to one side of the support, said conveyor comprising a frame, a pair of spaced shafts journalled on said frame, a belt supporting and driving roller mounted on each shaft, an endless flexible conveyor belt looped about said rollers,

` conveyor having a plurality of openings to receive said pin, and means carried by said conveyor and engageable with said support to limit' the movement of said conveyor in either direction.

ALBERT R. ASKUE.

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